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Zannah Mustapha, the Nigerian mediator who brokered a deal for the release of dozens of Chibok schoolgirls captured by Boko Haram, has been named this year’s winner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award. The Nansen Refugee Award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian work on behalf of refugees, the internally displaced or […]

Everton striker Wayne Rooney has been given a two-year driving ban and a 12-month community order after admitting a charge of drink-driving. The former England captain pleaded guilty at Stockport Magistrates court on Monday. Rooney, who reportedly expects to be fined two weeks’ wages by his club, must complete 100 hours of unpaid work as […]

Perhaps, one of the critical takeaways in the recent indisposition of President Muhammadu Buhari is the importance of the Vice Presidential and deputy governorship seats in the conducts of states’ and nations’ affairs. It is certain that the law givers that made provisions for Vice president or deputy governors have more than a spare tyre […]

Dr. Bukola Saraki,the President of the Senate, has said that the announcement of the proscription of the group known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by Governors of the South-east states and the categorization of the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Defence Headquaters are unconstitutional and does not follow due process. Saraki made […]

The Nigerian Army has launched a manhunt for Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu , barely 24 hours after the group was declared a terrorist group and banned.  The group’s leader and his closest associates disappeared after the ban. Kanu’s case becomes complicated at this point because he is currently on bail after […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to departs Abuja Sunday for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72), the Presidency has announced. President Buhari will be participating in the General Debate during which he will deliver the country’s National Statement. The theme for this […]

The South East Governors’ Forum banned the activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu. The announcement was made on Friday following the Forum’s emergency meeting on in Enugu. Chairman of the forum, Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and […]

The Defense Headquaters has declared the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organization. This was contained in a statement issued by Major General John Enenche, Director Defence Information. The statement reads:“The Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) group which has posed to be a security challenge in the Country, has been metamorphosing from one stage […]

Preamble Right from the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914 to its political independence in 1960, and up to the crisis of interests which led to a 3 – year civil war between 1967 and 1970, Nigeria has been traumatized with thorny issues about how to manage its abundant human and material […]

*PDP elders caucus endorses gov’s deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has described the alleged mal-treatment and killing of people of the South-east, Nigeria, who are agitating for the state of Biafra as ethnic cleansing, saying that he has forewarned that Preident Mohammadu Buhari’s second coming would be like the dark days of the […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has entreated Nigerians not to yield to elements beating drums of war in the country. The party said Nigerians must instead stand up and speak with one voice for peaceful coexistence and in the interest of the present generation of Nigerians and those yet unborn. The party made the appeal while reacting to the recent clash between […]Read More

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an invwstigation into the affairs of former managements of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for reasons he described as poor remittances in the past. The order came after the current leadership of JAMB, for the first time, remitted […]